4/13/2012 10:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Consumer confidence decreased this month, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday. The April preliminary index declined… Read More »Consumer Confidence Declines
Take a look in the mirror and stop blaming other groups for trucking-related labor problems, says a new report by the Canadian Trucking Alliance. The CTA Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Driver Shortage report… Read More »Canadian Trucking Alliance Tells Carriers to Take Responsibility for Driver Shortage
4/13/2012 10:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Bruce Harmon/Trans Pixs U.S. intermodal traffic rose 1.1% in the first week in April compared with a year ago, the Association of… Read More »Intermodal Traffic Rises 1.1% for Week
All That’s Trucking blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Truckers often lament that they are no longer viewed as the “knights of the road.” You’ve seen pictures of those knights, back in the ’50s:… Read More »Dressed for Success
4/13/2012 12:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This German truck maker MAN SE said Volkswagen AG has boosted its majority stake in the company to 73% of its common shares,… Read More »Volkswagen Boosts Stake in MAN
Can so-called virtual vertical integration work as well as vertical integration done with components all built by the same company, like this Detroit transmission, designed to work with Detroit engines and axles? Engine Smarts column… Read More »'Virtual' Vertical Integration?
4/12/2012 9:40:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Kenworth Truck Co. Kenworth Truck Co. said Wednesday it is laying off 10% of workers at its Class 8 assembly plant in… Read More »Kenworth Laying Off 10% of Workers at Ohio Truck Plant
The Missouri DOT does a bridge inspection. Many of the nation’s bridges are deemed functionally or structurally deficient. All That’s Trucking blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief Kudos to U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins for… Read More »Thinking big on infrastructure
4/11/2012 1:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Larry Smith/Trans Pixs After a year of quarterly increases, the turnover rate for truck drivers at large truckload fleets unexpectedly dipped 1%… Read More »Truck Driver Turnover Rate Dips in 4Q
Action: Notice of public listening session. Summary: FMCSA announces that it will hold a public listening session to solicit information, concepts, ideas, and comments on Electronic On-Board Recorders (EOBRs) and the issue of driver… Read More »Public Listening Session on the Use of Electronic On-Board Recorders Scheduled on April 26 in Bellevue, WA
Month-long work started Monday on all lanes of I-20/59 North in Bessemer, Ala., diverting nearly 50,000 vehicles that travel those lanes daily, reports The Birmingham News. The Alabama Department of Transportation is working to replace… Read More »Expect Delays on I-20/59 near Birmingham, Ala.
4/10/2012 1:15:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Tom Biery/Trans Pixs The number of trucks that crossed into the United States from Mexico and Canada rose 1.7% last year from… Read More »Mexican Border Crossings Rose 2.6% Last Year, DOT Says